Toast vs Lightspeed Restaurant: which one does AI recommend?

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 10 questions buyers ask about restaurant point of sale — 30 answers in total — and counted who got named. Toast is named in 22 of 30 answers (73%); Lightspeed Restaurant in 14 (47%).

Toast

73%

named in 22 of 30 answers

ChatGPT: named in 100% of answers

Gemini: named in 30% of answers

Perplexity: named in 90% of answers

Lightspeed Restaurant

47%

named in 14 of 30 answers

How they rank against everyone else

Toast

73%

Square for Restaurants

67%

Lightspeed Restaurant

47%

Clover Dining

43%

TouchBistro

40%

SpotOn

30%

Revel Systems

13%

GoTab

Where does your product land?

Same 10 questions, your product, about a minute. No account.

Counts are mentions in AI answers, not endorsements, measured 2026-09-20. Nobody pays to appear.